Journal of neuro-ophthalmology, 2011-12, Vol.31 (4), p.342-343
2011
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Postinfectious Optic Neuropathy in Endemic Typhus
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of neuro-ophthalmology, 2011-12, Vol.31 (4), p.342-343
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2011
- Quelle
- Electronic Journals Library
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- ABSTRACTEndemic typhus (Rickettsia typhi), also known as murine typhus, is a flea-borne bacterial disease rarely found in most of the developed world. Known ocular manifestations linked to endemic typhus include mild vitritis, retinal lesions, and retinal vascular leakage. Optic neuropathy, however, is rarely associated with R. typhi, and postinfectious optic neuropathy is even less common. To highlight this unusual complication, we report a patient who developed postinfectious optic neuropathy a few weeks after he was successfully treated for endemic typhus.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1070-8022eISSN: 1536-5166DOI: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31822db434Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_905668389
- Format
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- Schlagworte
- Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use, Antibodies, Bacterial - blood, Blindness - etiology, Doxycycline - therapeutic use, Eye Infections, Bacterial - diagnosis, Eye Infections, Bacterial - drug therapy, Eye Infections, Bacterial - microbiology, Fluorescein Angiography, Humans, Immunoglobulin G - blood, Immunoglobulin M - blood, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Middle Aged, Optic Nerve Diseases - diagnosis, Optic Nerve Diseases - drug therapy, Optic Nerve Diseases - microbiology, Rickettsia typhi - immunology, Rickettsia typhi - isolation & purification, Tomography, Optical Coherence, Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne - diagnosis, Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne - drug therapy, Typhus, Endemic Flea-Borne - microbiology, Visual Acuity - physiology